Drug-related deaths in the UK are rising each year, but council spending on rehab centres has been slashed by up to 58%, HuffPost reveals today. As part of our ‘Austerity Bites’ series this week, we cover the closure of Chandos House in Bristol following “swingeing...

Austerity Bites: Councils reduce funding for residential treatment by as much as 58%. By Nicola Slawson. Original article posted by The Huffington Post click to read. Spending on residential drug and alcohol treatment is being “significantly de-prioritised” by local...

As Chandos House faces the end, a former resident reflects on how it saved his life. By Nicola Slawson Julian Maddern is back in Bristol for a visit, reminiscing about the city where he finally got clean after 32 years of being an alcoholic and a drug addict. He says...

It has saved hundreds of lives over the last 35 years, but it could close with funding slashed by Government and the local authority “They saved my life. I won’t be here without them.” That is the general consensus of the Chandos brothers - the men who have come...

A fundraising campaign supported by Will Self and Russell Brand has failed to save a drug and alcohol rehab centre for men with addiction. Chandos House in Bristol did not raise the £100,000 needed to “stay open and alive”, director James Dickinson said....

Fundraising efforts backed by numerous celebrities have failed to keep the rehab centre open. Chandos House, the last residential drugs rehab in Bristol, has announced that it will close after 35 years. The Redland rehab centre has been fundraising recently to stay...